placenamesKillukin
Cill Lúcainn
Lewis distinguished larger grazing holdings from smaller arable farms in this parish near Strokestown.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Lúcainn · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killukin · English · main form
Place & story
A varied farming landscape
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Killukin’s better land as large grazing farms, with poorer ground divided into smaller arable holdings. Bog and several lakes also formed part of the parish landscape; he named Ardekellen as the largest lake. Although limestone was abundant, he specifically reported that it was not quarried. His account therefore distinguishes a natural resource from an operating industry. The description concerns Killukin in Roscommon barony, west of Strokestown, rather than the separate parish of the same name in Boyle barony near Carrick-on-Shannon. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killukin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killuken, Roscommon barony — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.